Brule Lake (Michigan-Wisconsin)
Brule Lake | |
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Brule Lake | |
Location | Iron County, Michigan, and Forest County, Wisconsin, United States |
Coordinates | 46°03′22″N 88°50′20″W / 46.056°N 88.839°WCoordinates: 46°03′22″N 88°50′20″W / 46.056°N 88.839°W |
Primary outflows | Brule River |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 2 mi (3.2 km) |
Surface area | 250 acres (1.0 km2) |
Surface elevation | 1,552 ft (473 m) |
References | [1] |
Brule Lake forms part of the border between the states of Michigan and Wisconsin[2] and is the headwater of the Brule River at 46°02′23″N 88°50′59″W / 46.03972°N 88.84972°W.[3]
The source of the name is the Ojibwa name for the river, Wisakota, meaning burned or burnt, which the French Voyageurs translated as Brûlée.
See also[]
- List of lakes in Michigan
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brule Lake (Michigan-Wisconsin)
- ^ United States Congress (1964) [1862]. "29th Congress, 1st Session". In George Minot (ed.). Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875. Vol. Vol. 9 (Reprint ed.). Boston: Little, Brown. p. 56. LCCN 98660546. Retrieved November 3, 2008 – via Library of Congress.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Rohde, William C. "Wisconsin-Upper Michigan State Boundary Surveys". WSLS Online Library. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors. Archived from the original on November 2, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
Categories:
- Borders of Michigan
- Borders of Wisconsin
- Lakes of Forest County, Wisconsin
- Bodies of water of Iron County, Michigan
- Lakes of Michigan
- Upper Peninsula, Michigan geography stubs
- Northern Wisconsin geography stubs